U-Pop describes itself as the “pop heard ’round the world”. It was no more foreign to me than the music on the most of the other Hits channels (I’m not sure why Cinemax and On Broadway are included in “Hits”) — I just don’t listen to much contemporary pop music. And I had the volume way down, so I couldn’t really tell whether the music was in English or another language.

There wasn’t anything offensive on the channel, but there wasn’t anything which would draw me back, either.

BPM is almost the polar opposite of yesterday’s channel, Audio Visions. BPM plays high-energy dance music, with strong beats and frequent vocals; Audio Visions is laid back in the extreme.

Neither of them is likely to be a preset in my office, but I could see myself tuning to BPM occasionally to wake up after an all-day early-morning conference call (which describes my current situation). Definitely something of a pleasant surprise.